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DILLON, Beresford

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number LM587
Markings JO-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Wissant Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 3..
Epitaph MOST DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. AND MRS. G.L. DILLON OF BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 29
Enlistment information
Service Number 426253
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 463 (Australian)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 26-09-1944
End Date 26-09-1944
Takeoff Station Waddington
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Cap Griz Nez
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on one of the last points holding out on the French coast. Crashed near Wissant alongside the Calais-Boulogne road